Melanie’s reading…
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I have been an avid reader all my life and continue to this very day! While physical books still have my heart, I have grown comfortable with ebooks and audiobooks. I will usually have an assortment of all 3 media types in the works at any given point.
“The Nature of the Beast” by Louise Penny.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book feels more like a thriller than the previous books. While the usual characters are present, there is less cozy time spent in Three Pines.
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book feels more like a thriller than the previous books. While the usual characters are present, there is less cozy time spent in Three Pines.
1/2
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
“The Nature of the Beast” by Louise Penny.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book feels more like a thriller than the previous books. While the usual characters are present, there is less cozy time spent in Three Pines.
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book feels more like a thriller than the previous books. While the usual characters are present, there is less cozy time spent in Three Pines.
1/2
“The Long Way Home” by Louise Penny.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Ooof…I struggled with this book. The story drags in places and the conclusion is unsatisfying. It feels like the author didn’t know what to do with one of the characters so she chose to kill them off, and then chose a
1/2
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Ooof…I struggled with this book. The story drags in places and the conclusion is unsatisfying. It feels like the author didn’t know what to do with one of the characters so she chose to kill them off, and then chose a
1/2
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“The Long Way Home” by Louise Penny.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Ooof…I struggled with this book. The story drags in places and the conclusion is unsatisfying. It feels like the author didn’t know what to do with one of the characters so she chose to kill them off, and then chose a
1/2
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Ooof…I struggled with this book. The story drags in places and the conclusion is unsatisfying. It feels like the author didn’t know what to do with one of the characters so she chose to kill them off, and then chose a
1/2
“Don’t Believe Her” by Nicola Sanders.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
A quick read, but a very enjoyable thriller.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
A quick read, but a very enjoyable thriller.
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Don’t Believe Her” by Nicola Sanders.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
A quick read, but a very enjoyable thriller.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
A quick read, but a very enjoyable thriller.
“The Girl in the Sky” by Suzanne Forten.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Really enjoyable WWII story, I didn’t want to put it down!
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Really enjoyable WWII story, I didn’t want to put it down!
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“The Girl in the Sky” by Suzanne Forten.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Really enjoyable WWII story, I didn’t want to put it down!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Really enjoyable WWII story, I didn’t want to put it down!
“At Home in Mitford” by Jan Karon.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
A re-read for me, always a charming, comforting read.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
A re-read for me, always a charming, comforting read.
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“At Home in Mitford” by Jan Karon.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
A re-read for me, always a charming, comforting read.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
A re-read for me, always a charming, comforting read.
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” by Rufi Thorpe.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
The premise of this book is amusing, single mother just trying to survive delves into the world of social media and Only Fans, only to be seemingly surprised that there are drawbacks to this way of life…?
She is
1/2
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
The premise of this book is amusing, single mother just trying to survive delves into the world of social media and Only Fans, only to be seemingly surprised that there are drawbacks to this way of life…?
She is
1/2
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” by Rufi Thorpe.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
The premise of this book is amusing, single mother just trying to survive delves into the world of social media and Only Fans, only to be seemingly surprised that there are drawbacks to this way of life…?
She is
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
The premise of this book is amusing, single mother just trying to survive delves into the world of social media and Only Fans, only to be seemingly surprised that there are drawbacks to this way of life…?
She is
1/2
“How the Light Gets In” by Louise Penny.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book wraps up a lot of threads from the previous 8 books, especially regarding previous police cases. Unlike the previous books, we get to spend time in Three Pines - with all our favorite characters!
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book wraps up a lot of threads from the previous 8 books, especially regarding previous police cases. Unlike the previous books, we get to spend time in Three Pines - with all our favorite characters!
1/2
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“How the Light Gets In” by Louise Penny.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book wraps up a lot of threads from the previous 8 books, especially regarding previous police cases. Unlike the previous books, we get to spend time in Three Pines - with all our favorite characters!
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book wraps up a lot of threads from the previous 8 books, especially regarding previous police cases. Unlike the previous books, we get to spend time in Three Pines - with all our favorite characters!
1/2
“The Memory of You” by Samantha Tonge.
⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book is a heartwarming story but I really struggled to finish reading it, so only 2 stars for me.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book is a heartwarming story but I really struggled to finish reading it, so only 2 stars for me.
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“The Memory of You” by Samantha Tonge.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book is a heartwarming story but I really struggled to finish reading it, so only 2 stars for me.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book is a heartwarming story but I really struggled to finish reading it, so only 2 stars for me.
“The Beautiful Mystery” by Louise Penny.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I like this book simply because I am hooked on the series. This book is different than the previous books, it takes place over a few days, it only features a few of the characters we have come to love, and in some ways
1/2
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I like this book simply because I am hooked on the series. This book is different than the previous books, it takes place over a few days, it only features a few of the characters we have come to love, and in some ways
1/2
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“The Beautiful Mystery” by Louise Penny.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I like this book simply because I am hooked on the series. This book is different than the previous books, it takes place over a few days, it only features a few of the characters we have come to love, and in some ways
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I like this book simply because I am hooked on the series. This book is different than the previous books, it takes place over a few days, it only features a few of the characters we have come to love, and in some ways
1/2
“Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar.
⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I know I’m the outlier here, but I did not connect with this book. The subject matter was intriguing, I should love it, but I found the structure of the book jarring and failed to ever emotionally connect with any of the characters.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I know I’m the outlier here, but I did not connect with this book. The subject matter was intriguing, I should love it, but I found the structure of the book jarring and failed to ever emotionally connect with any of the characters.
November 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar.
⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I know I’m the outlier here, but I did not connect with this book. The subject matter was intriguing, I should love it, but I found the structure of the book jarring and failed to ever emotionally connect with any of the characters.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I know I’m the outlier here, but I did not connect with this book. The subject matter was intriguing, I should love it, but I found the structure of the book jarring and failed to ever emotionally connect with any of the characters.
“World Without End” by Ken Follett.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This story is set 200 years after Pillars of the Earth. There are a number of similarities in the main characters so at times I found myself mixing up the storylines of Jack and Merthin or Aliena and Caris. But despite
1/3
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This story is set 200 years after Pillars of the Earth. There are a number of similarities in the main characters so at times I found myself mixing up the storylines of Jack and Merthin or Aliena and Caris. But despite
1/3
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“World Without End” by Ken Follett.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This story is set 200 years after Pillars of the Earth. There are a number of similarities in the main characters so at times I found myself mixing up the storylines of Jack and Merthin or Aliena and Caris. But despite
1/3
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This story is set 200 years after Pillars of the Earth. There are a number of similarities in the main characters so at times I found myself mixing up the storylines of Jack and Merthin or Aliena and Caris. But despite
1/3
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The world may be quite turbulent at the moment, but we can all take at least some solace in the fact that bookstores exist.
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The world may be quite turbulent at the moment, but we can all take at least some solace in the fact that bookstores exist.
“The Lost Girls of Willowbrook” by Ellen Marie Wiseman.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
While this was an enjoyable read, it felt like there too many similarities between this book and “What She Left Behind”. I kept confusing the storylines and so I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the other.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
While this was an enjoyable read, it felt like there too many similarities between this book and “What She Left Behind”. I kept confusing the storylines and so I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the other.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“The Lost Girls of Willowbrook” by Ellen Marie Wiseman.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
While this was an enjoyable read, it felt like there too many similarities between this book and “What She Left Behind”. I kept confusing the storylines and so I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the other.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
While this was an enjoyable read, it felt like there too many similarities between this book and “What She Left Behind”. I kept confusing the storylines and so I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the other.
“Mad Honey” by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Very enjoyable read, touched on many topics (almost too many for one book) but reminded me of how much I have enjoyed this author over the years. Don’t miss the recipes in the back of the book!
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Very enjoyable read, touched on many topics (almost too many for one book) but reminded me of how much I have enjoyed this author over the years. Don’t miss the recipes in the back of the book!
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Mad Honey” by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Very enjoyable read, touched on many topics (almost too many for one book) but reminded me of how much I have enjoyed this author over the years. Don’t miss the recipes in the back of the book!
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Very enjoyable read, touched on many topics (almost too many for one book) but reminded me of how much I have enjoyed this author over the years. Don’t miss the recipes in the back of the book!
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November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
One of our many freeloading residents taking the day off for Election Day…
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Oh, my gosh, thank you, Melanie! Those five-star reviews are rare and precious gems. Thrilled you enjoyed THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS so much! @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
“The Jackal’s Mistress” by Chris Bohjalian.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Set in Virginia during the Civil War, this book tells the story of a Confederate woman who saves the life of a Union soldier. While the story is inspired by a true account of a Virginian woman who saved a Union
1/2
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Set in Virginia during the Civil War, this book tells the story of a Confederate woman who saves the life of a Union soldier. While the story is inspired by a true account of a Virginian woman who saved a Union
1/2
October 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Oh, my gosh, thank you, Melanie! Those five-star reviews are rare and precious gems. Thrilled you enjoyed THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS so much! @doubledaybooks.bsky.social
“Jesus and John Wayne” by Kristin Kobes Du Mez.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
If you were raised in an Evangelical or Fundamentalist religion you will find this book interesting. Coming from that background, this book didn’t offer new insight but there were a lot of things I could relate to.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
If you were raised in an Evangelical or Fundamentalist religion you will find this book interesting. Coming from that background, this book didn’t offer new insight but there were a lot of things I could relate to.
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Jesus and John Wayne” by Kristin Kobes Du Mez.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
If you were raised in an Evangelical or Fundamentalist religion you will find this book interesting. Coming from that background, this book didn’t offer new insight but there were a lot of things I could relate to.
⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
If you were raised in an Evangelical or Fundamentalist religion you will find this book interesting. Coming from that background, this book didn’t offer new insight but there were a lot of things I could relate to.
“A Trick of the Light” by Louise Penny.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
In this book we see Clara coming into her own, Peter starting to show his deep insecurities, Gamache still recovering in spirit, mind, & body, Beauvoir struggling more than anyone realizes. Olivier trying (and failing)
1/2
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
In this book we see Clara coming into her own, Peter starting to show his deep insecurities, Gamache still recovering in spirit, mind, & body, Beauvoir struggling more than anyone realizes. Olivier trying (and failing)
1/2
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“A Trick of the Light” by Louise Penny.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
In this book we see Clara coming into her own, Peter starting to show his deep insecurities, Gamache still recovering in spirit, mind, & body, Beauvoir struggling more than anyone realizes. Olivier trying (and failing)
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
In this book we see Clara coming into her own, Peter starting to show his deep insecurities, Gamache still recovering in spirit, mind, & body, Beauvoir struggling more than anyone realizes. Olivier trying (and failing)
1/2
“What She Left Behind” by Ellen Marie Wiseman.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book was sad and horrifying, but so good. Life in an insane asylum is horrific, the treatment, the experiments, the abuse, is hard to comprehend. The lack of basic dignity and rights these humans were
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book was sad and horrifying, but so good. Life in an insane asylum is horrific, the treatment, the experiments, the abuse, is hard to comprehend. The lack of basic dignity and rights these humans were
1/2
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
“What She Left Behind” by Ellen Marie Wiseman.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book was sad and horrifying, but so good. Life in an insane asylum is horrific, the treatment, the experiments, the abuse, is hard to comprehend. The lack of basic dignity and rights these humans were
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This book was sad and horrifying, but so good. Life in an insane asylum is horrific, the treatment, the experiments, the abuse, is hard to comprehend. The lack of basic dignity and rights these humans were
1/2
“Shine Shine Shine” by Lydia Netzer.
⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I wanted to like this book, it is unusual, it is quirky. I can see why some people loved it, but it just didn’t work for me. The writing style didn’t draw me in so I had to force myself to keep picking the book back up.
⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I wanted to like this book, it is unusual, it is quirky. I can see why some people loved it, but it just didn’t work for me. The writing style didn’t draw me in so I had to force myself to keep picking the book back up.
October 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“Shine Shine Shine” by Lydia Netzer.
⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I wanted to like this book, it is unusual, it is quirky. I can see why some people loved it, but it just didn’t work for me. The writing style didn’t draw me in so I had to force myself to keep picking the book back up.
⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
I wanted to like this book, it is unusual, it is quirky. I can see why some people loved it, but it just didn’t work for me. The writing style didn’t draw me in so I had to force myself to keep picking the book back up.
“The Jackal’s Mistress” by Chris Bohjalian.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Set in Virginia during the Civil War, this book tells the story of a Confederate woman who saves the life of a Union soldier. While the story is inspired by a true account of a Virginian woman who saved a Union
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Set in Virginia during the Civil War, this book tells the story of a Confederate woman who saves the life of a Union soldier. While the story is inspired by a true account of a Virginian woman who saved a Union
1/2
October 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“The Jackal’s Mistress” by Chris Bohjalian.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Set in Virginia during the Civil War, this book tells the story of a Confederate woman who saves the life of a Union soldier. While the story is inspired by a true account of a Virginian woman who saved a Union
1/2
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
Set in Virginia during the Civil War, this book tells the story of a Confederate woman who saves the life of a Union soldier. While the story is inspired by a true account of a Virginian woman who saved a Union
1/2
“Bury Your Dead” by Louise Penny.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
You need to have read the previous books to truly understand this book. This book has a much more somber feel to it, Gamache is struggling with events that have happened, and decisions he has made. He is filled with 1/3
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
You need to have read the previous books to truly understand this book. This book has a much more somber feel to it, Gamache is struggling with events that have happened, and decisions he has made. He is filled with 1/3
October 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Bury Your Dead” by Louise Penny.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
You need to have read the previous books to truly understand this book. This book has a much more somber feel to it, Gamache is struggling with events that have happened, and decisions he has made. He is filled with 1/3
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
You need to have read the previous books to truly understand this book. This book has a much more somber feel to it, Gamache is struggling with events that have happened, and decisions he has made. He is filled with 1/3
“Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women’s Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau” by Susan J. Eischeid.
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This is a difficult book to rate. The book covers, in graphic detail, a lot of the abuse that occurred in the
1/5
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#MelsReading2025
#booksky📚💙
This is a difficult book to rate. The book covers, in graphic detail, a lot of the abuse that occurred in the
1/5
October 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“Mistress of Life and Death: The Dark Journey of Maria Mandl, Head Overseer of the Women’s Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau” by Susan J. Eischeid.
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This is a difficult book to rate. The book covers, in graphic detail, a lot of the abuse that occurred in the
1/5
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This is a difficult book to rate. The book covers, in graphic detail, a lot of the abuse that occurred in the
1/5
“The Red Queen” by Martha Grimes.
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Disappointing, short, more of a novella than a novel.
The characters seemed tired, the “mystery” was confusing at best, feels like a rough draft. Very disappointing, not the Richard Jury book we are accustomed to.
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Disappointing, short, more of a novella than a novel.
The characters seemed tired, the “mystery” was confusing at best, feels like a rough draft. Very disappointing, not the Richard Jury book we are accustomed to.
October 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“The Red Queen” by Martha Grimes.
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Disappointing, short, more of a novella than a novel.
The characters seemed tired, the “mystery” was confusing at best, feels like a rough draft. Very disappointing, not the Richard Jury book we are accustomed to.
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Disappointing, short, more of a novella than a novel.
The characters seemed tired, the “mystery” was confusing at best, feels like a rough draft. Very disappointing, not the Richard Jury book we are accustomed to.
“Great Big Beautiful Life” by Emily Henry.
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Enjoyed this book but didn’t love it. The “romance” wasn’t convincing, felt more like one-night-stand lust. The “mystery” fell flat for me, it felt like this big buildup and a big reveal for….that?
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Enjoyed this book but didn’t love it. The “romance” wasn’t convincing, felt more like one-night-stand lust. The “mystery” fell flat for me, it felt like this big buildup and a big reveal for….that?
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“Great Big Beautiful Life” by Emily Henry.
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Enjoyed this book but didn’t love it. The “romance” wasn’t convincing, felt more like one-night-stand lust. The “mystery” fell flat for me, it felt like this big buildup and a big reveal for….that?
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Enjoyed this book but didn’t love it. The “romance” wasn’t convincing, felt more like one-night-stand lust. The “mystery” fell flat for me, it felt like this big buildup and a big reveal for….that?